Although Zhang Yuan was defeated and won, when he triumphed, he was greeted by officials of Yan'an at the gate of the city, and after asking for warmth, he hurriedly took a group of meritorious brothers and respectfully rushed to the governor's yamen to meet the governor Yue Hesheng.

Now Yue He was sick and couldn't get up, so he met Zhang Yuan at the bedside, accepted Zhang Yuan's dedication, accepted the list of meritorious personnel presented by Zhang Yuan, and gave a few words of encouragement and commendation, and then coughed and asked Zhang Yuan to wait for the reward from the imperial court.

Zhang Yuan reluctantly retreated, and then feasted his colleagues at all levels in the city in his restaurant.

The generals were quite dissatisfied with Zhang Yuan, in this battle, Zhang Yuan, a wild duck, was stunned to compare the officials and the army, and lost the face of the border army, how can this make people feel comfortable? The generals were also rough and straight, and they directly ate Zhang Yuan and scolded Zhang Yuan, and then left one by one.

The civil officials looked down on Zhang Yuan's background at all, and the city gate was greeted by Zhang Yuan's victory, and he could only go if he could share some military merits, but if he really wanted them to be with a businessman and sit together to eat and drink, that would reduce his own value, but the capital division gave Zhang Yuan a lot of face, after all, Zhang Yuan was his own subordinate, and he had made such a contribution, and his own capital division also benefited the most, so he didn't let Zhang Yuan's banquet be cold.

Although Zhang Yuan was bitter in his heart, he still went up and down and was hospitable. A lukewarm celebration feast dispersed after some staggering.

In the end, Zhang Yuan dragged his tired body to the private room behind the restaurant, but there was another group of guests here.

An elegant round table, on which are several exquisite wine dishes, which are Zhang Yuan's best chefs' best housekeeping, and the wine is the best Shanxi Fenjiu, which is decades old. There are also a few clever maids who accompany the guests in a regular manner, and from time to time arrange dishes and pour wine for a few guests.

From time to time, the two guests bowed their heads and chatted, and occasionally let out a low laugh.

There are only two guests, one is the Qian Tongqian Zhongjun, who was arranged to sit on the hand, followed by this military praise painting, Zhang Yuan's brothers Xiao Seventeen and Xiao Twelve stood respectfully beside the two of them, and humbly answered Guo Hai's questions from time to time.

Seeing Zhang Yuan coming in, Guo Haishi Shiran stood up and arched his hand: "Lord Zhang worked hard, but he sent away those foodies?" ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly walked a few steps and bowed his hand in return, and said, "Master Guo has been thinking about it for a long time, and he has already sent it away. ”

Guo Hai saw that Zhang Yuan had a look of displeasure on his face, so he just smiled and said, "Lord Zhang, please take a seat, let's have a few drinks." ”

Zhang Yuan waved his hand and let the maids in the house go out, leaving only the six of them, and then sat on the main seat, picked up the wine jug and poured a full cup for Guo Hai, and then the praise painting, and then himself, respectfully raised his glass and said: "This time Zhang Yuan raised the army, thanks to Lord Guo's previous guidance, and then arranged for Mr. Zanhua to take care of him, and finally he was still plotting up and down the governor's place, so there was this ending, Zhang Yuan is grateful here, and he doesn't say much, everything depends on Zhang Yuan's future performance, here is the hard work of Lord Guo, Praise Mr. Painting for his hard work. ”

Guo Hai smiled and nodded, and together with Nazan painting, he calmly accepted Zhang Yuanzhi's respect.

After drinking all the wine, Guo Hai put down the wine glass and said to Zhang Yuan: "Lord Zhang is polite, in fact, we can be regarded as difficult brothers, in this Yan'an officialdom, we must not be treated by martial artists first, after all, those gang of pickled goods are not good at themselves, but they can't see others coming out and overpowering them." ”

Zhang Yuan nodded silently, and couldn't help but sigh, in fact, although he was in the guise of avenging his family and paying for the recruitment of village warriors, why didn't he do an errand for those martial artists who should have done this job? For this reason, one child of the Zhang family, two Chen family and one Zhao family brother were also lost.

If you talk about the harvest, it is also a little, not to mention the reward of the imperial court, after all, it has not come down, and the silver money is in and out of each other, in addition to the upper and lower points, there is also a slight surplus, which Zhang Yuan did not expect.

The biggest gain is to keep this force of his own and train a strong army, which is more important than anything else.

Guo Hai saw Zhang Yuan pondering, thinking that Zhang Yuan was depressed, and said: "And the civil officials are the ones who look down on us the most, my colleagues and I are from cloth and white, but Master Zhang is from businessmen, how can those guys who are on the right path of scientific research and have eyes above the top, how can they be willing to fight with us?" “

Nazanhua also nodded in agreement, it is true, the scholars are all proud of their innocence, and they look down on all other backgrounds except them from their bones, this is a rule formed for thousands of years, and there is no way to do it.

"Therefore, everything depends on ourselves, in this era of imminent chaos, we must form a group and support each other, so that we can live in this officialdom and this troubled era."

"What the adults said is very true, in a word, Zhang Yuan has been taught here."

Guo Hai laughed, and Shi Shiran took a bite of food and ate it.

Nazanhua said with a smile: "What Brother Wenju (Guo Hai's character) said is extremely true, we people are a marginal group that grandma does not love and uncle, and if we want to succeed, we have to rely on ourselves." Counting on the help of those so-called scholars is better than waiting for the sow to come up the tree. ”

The witty remark eased the somewhat dull atmosphere in the room, and everyone laughed.

After the laughter, the little seventeen stepped forward to fill everyone with wine, Zhang Yuan said again: "This time Zhang Yuan was lucky, under the guidance of Zanhua and Master Guo, under the planning of Lord Guo's bureau, the whole army was wiped out and passed this difficulty, I don't know what guidance Lord Guo has in the next step, please Lord Guo will give advice, Zhang Yuan will resolutely implement it." ”

This is to get to the point, a great achievement from outsiders, my family knows it, and I will no longer be fake, and the next step is serious.

Guo Hai smiled, and then said with a serious face: "Before I said the big thing, I asked Lord Zhang first, do you have the courage and capital to fight again?" ”

As soon as he heard this question, Xiao Seventeen and Little Twelve's eyes couldn't help but glow with heat, Zhang Yuan was also shocked, although he did not avenge his family revenge this time, but the harvest was quite rich, not only money and materials, but also official power, which is ten thousand better than doing business, and he had already made up his mind to fight again.

Without waiting for them to answer, Guo Hai said with a smile: "I know everyone's thoughts, this is very good, with this thought, everyone's future will be rich and prosperous." ”

"Didn't you entrust it to an adult?"

"These clichés, Master Zhang will not mention them again in the future, we are already people who are tied together, advancing and retreating together, sharing wealth and wealth, why are we still so divided?"

"Don't dare next time." Zhang Yuan hurriedly humbled him.

Guo Hai looked at Xiao Twelve and Xiao Seventeen with a smile, pointed to the two of them and said: "This time, I congratulate Lord Xia Zhang first, not only has I trained a strong team, but also two promising children, this is an unexpected joy, come, there are no outsiders in the house, don't abide by the rules anymore, sit together, let's talk while eating." ”

Although the two little brothers are as calm as adults, they are young after all, and they are also teenagers, and they have been praised by Guo Hai, and they are humble on their lips, but they can't help but show a burst of joy on their faces.

Zhang Yuan was also happy for their two brothers, and nodded: "Since Lord Guo values your brother, why don't you thank Lord Guo for his cultivation and guidance?"

The little brother hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully filled Guo Hai and Nazanhua with a glass of wine again, and Nazanhua and Guo Hai accepted it calmly.

"Since Lord Guo promised to give guidance in the future, then you must study with an open mind, our Zhang family and your Chen family will count on you in the future, if you slack off, see if I don't come up with a family law to rectify with you"

The two respectfully gave Zhang Yuan a salute again, thanking Zhang Yuan and Guo Haizan for painting and cultivating, and then sat down in a regular manner, listening to Zhang Yuan and a few people talking about walking.

Guo Hai coughed and said slowly: "This time, Lord Zhang, I fought hard with Brother Zanhuanian, and the matter was dealt with by me up and down, and this time the matter was a complete victory for us." The governor has also repaid you for your merits, and the twist and turn is still handled by himself, so there should be no mistakes. ”

Nazanhua asked cautiously: "Brother Wen Ju, what do you say the imperial court will do with our credit this time?" After all, the imperial court system is there, and although Lord Zhang Yuan is going out in the name of Xiangyong, the imperial court is most taboo about the existence of private soldiers, in case-"

"Hahaha, Brother Nian is too worried, this time the imperial court will definitely not take away Lord Zhang's military power, and my analysis may be greatly aggravated."

"Why is that?" Zhang Yuan also cares about this, although he is a businessman, he also understands the things in the officialdom, how can he make the business bigger without colluding with the officialdom?

When Guo Hai saw it, he didn't think so, and said something slowly and logically, eliminating everyone's concerns.

"This first, now the new emperor is registered, we are young but have the ambition to be the lord of Zhongxing, we need something to come out, decorate the atmosphere of the new dynasty, although the eunuchs were eradicated by thunderous means, but long live is forgotten, the court is a snobbish balance, which makes the court above the court become those clear streams of a word, the little emperor may not be able to see it just now, but now it must have been deeply touched, so ah, now long live may have to cultivate a new force, Of course, this is not something that can be done overnight (Guo Hai is really right, now Emperor Chongzhen is really starting to have a headache about this matter, now in the imperial court, the power of Qingliu has risen sharply, and the emperor's will will be unanimously approved if it is beneficial to Qingliu Shidafu, and everything that is not beneficial to Qingliu Qingliu will be unanimously denied, and the little emperor can no longer control Qingliu, and soon Chongzhen will support the head of the Southern Group to join the cabinet, in order to contain the Qingliu Party)

So we took advantage of this loophole and put a lot of money on the new emperor's registration. How is Hooray unhappy? “

Everyone nodded their heads together.

"This second is this year, first there are the eastern captives eyeing the tiger, the western Liaoning is tight, and then there are the northern captives into Kou Shaanxi, Shanxi, erosion places, three mountains and Shaanxi refugees everywhere, although there is no trend of burning the plains, but it has become a burden on the court, and now the court's foreign troop dispatch has been stretched, and there is no conclusion on the indefinite suppression of the internal refugees. Rectify the guard, that requires countless money and food, but it may not be able to rectify what it looks like, and now the household department has no money to spare, and it can't take out those silver money to train the soldiers. Counting on the emperor's inner treasury, it is even more unrealistic, not to mention that the burial of the emperor of Daxing is the new emperor's enthronement and rewarding hundreds of officials and border troops is a lot of expenses, not to mention that the emperor listened to the words of those gentlemen who did not know how to manage finances and abolished the tax burden of industrial and mining eunuchs in various places, so that the inner treasury I almost had no income, that is, the stingy nature of the first emperor, it is estimated that the current long live is not much better, so there is no money and no power from the whole guard. “

Although Guo Hai's words were suspected of being disrespectful, they were reasonable, and everyone couldn't help but nod secretly. This Guo Hai is beside the governor, and he is also important, and he is the first to grasp the official documents of the imperial court, and Yue Hesheng also discusses with him from time to time with the news from his friends in the capital, so he also knows everything about the affairs of the court, so he has this convincing segmentation.

"That's why I have, I'm in the excerpt, ah, no, it's the governor's excerpt that reported that Lord Zhang Yuan used his own materials to recruit the villagers to share the emperor's worries for the emperor and exterminate the righteous and awe-inspiring measures of the Liukou. You say, "Can you refuse such a good thing?"

When everyone thought about it, they praised Guo Hai again and again for his clever calculation and grasping the idea of the matter.

"As for the private soldiers? In the excerpt I played for the governor, I have already made it clear that there is no such thing at all, so you can rest assured. ”